What is a example of a dependent clause?

Answer 1

A Dependent Clause or Principal Clause is a group of words that expresses a complete thought thus its meaning is complete by itself.

Examples

I slept for ten hours straight because I was tired,

I learned English fluently after I moved to USA

Many planes fly over the city.

The fans starts screaming when the actress came.

I will prepare dinner when I get home.

Note: Subordinate Clause or Independent Clause always starts with a subordinate conjunction or a relative pronoun.

Examples:

SUBORDINATE CONJUNCTION:

when, as soon as, since, if, unless, as, for, than, before, while, as long as, so that, because, eventhough, although, as if, until, after, whenever, wherever...

RELATIVE PRONOUN:

who, what, which, whose, whom...

SENTENCES

Eventhough she's sad, she keeps smiling.

When the party started, everyone seems happy.

So that I will grow fast, I always sleep early.

When the war came, my parents were living in Baguio.

Punctuation: If the Independent clause or Subordinate Clause comes FIRST, you must use a comma. BUT, if the relative pronoun comes first, we don't need it

Example: He who finishes first will go home.

(Here, the relative pronoun comes first. I do not need a comma.)

Answer 2

A dependent clause is one that can't stand on its own as a sentence.

I cleaned the house before I left for work.

"before I left for work" is the dependent clause. Even though it contains a subject and verb, it does not form a complete thought. A dependent clause can come at the beginning of a sentence, too, but it requires a comma after it.

Before I left for work, I cleaned the house.